Month: December 2011
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Broward sheriff’s deputy who stars in reality TV show investigated by corruption prosecutors
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy and reality television star is under criminal investigation for falsifying records, Broward Bulldog has learned. Deputy Jerry Wengert, who starred in TLC/Discovery Channel’s “Unleashed: K-9 Broward County,” was notified of the probe in August by the prosecutor in charge of the State Attorney’s public corruption unit. -
Miramar deal could break Waste Management’s countywide grip on trash disposal
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Waste Management’s three-decade virtual monopoly on trash disposal in Broward appears to be nearing an end after a competing syndicate’s “best and final offer” for the job was ranked higher by a Miramar bid committee. -
U.S. ordered to pay $4.4 million for Weston air traffic controller’s negligence in fatal crash
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
A deadly mix of pilot error and an air traffic controller’s negligence has led a federal judge to order the United States to pay $4.4 million to the family of a wealthy Boca Raton businessman who crashed his private plane in bad weather six years ago. -
Constitutional amendment proves no guarantee to opening up hospital records to patients
By Amber Statler-Matthews
BrowardBulldog.org
Harlan Ginsberg of Coral Springs was rushed to Margate’s Northwest Medical Center in 2006 after a kidney stone attack. During surgery to remove the stone, he says, a doctor mistakenly cut a tube that delivered urine to his bladder and removed a kidney that another doctor testified was healthy. -
Payback time at the Broward School Board? Diversity activists accuse Chair Ann Murray
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
Two public school activists say they lost their appointments to the Broward School Board’s Diversity Committee as payback for bringing attention to rundown conditions at Hallandale Beach High School.
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